MLB / Players

Tim Wakefield

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 210 lb

BornAugust 2, 1966 · Melbourne, FL, USA

MLB debutJuly 31, 1992

Final gameSeptember 25, 2011

Seasons19 (1992–2011)

Pittsburgh Pirates 1992–1993; Boston Red Sox 1995–2011

Percentile snapshot

2008 season — qualified pitchers

11.5

17.2

24.1

26.4

35.6

SHO

154

96.6

52.9

117

26.4

21.8

181.0

26.4

ERA

4.13

41.4

WHIP

1.182

81.6

K/9

5.82

33.3

FIP

4.88

16.1

FIP-

108.0

ERA+

109.4

44.8

sWAR

2.6

43.7

of 88 qualified 2008 pitchers (min 162 IP) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

104.3

54.8

sWAR

38.6

97.8

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1992	14	33	28	0	2	0	0	0	1	9	.071	.103	.071	.175	-69.6	-49.3	.090	2.3
1993	24	47	43	3	7	2	1	3	0	11	.163	.163	.279	.442	5.8	16.1	.193	-0.9
1995	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.8
1996	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.9
1997	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124.4	-100.0	.000	2.8
1998	37	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	37.0	-2.4	.244	2.4
1999	49	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-121.4	-100.0	.000	1.1
2000	52	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-121.4	-100.0	.000	0.8
2001	45	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	75.8	77.2	.298	2.8
2002	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.7
2003	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	1.000	—	—	357.5	—	.728	3.2
2004	32	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-123.1	-100.0	.000	1.7
2005	33	9	8	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	25.7	32.9	.223	3.1
2006	23	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-125.2	-100.0	.000	1.5
2007	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-123.5	-100.0	.000	1.7
2008	30	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-126.7	-100.0	.000	2.6
2009	21	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	171.7	161.7	.448	1.3
2010	32	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	-30.0	-40.1	.147	-0.3
2011	33	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-129.7	-100.0	.000	0.0

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1992	13	13	8	1	0	4	1	76	22	35	51	3	92.0	2.15	1.207	4.99	3.26	93.5	162.2	2.3
1993	24	20	6	11	0	3	2	145	80	75	59	14	128.3	5.61	1.714	4.14	5.44	134.7	72.0	-0.9
1995	27	27	16	8	0	6	1	163	64	68	119	22	195.3	2.95	1.183	5.48	4.57	94.4	164.1	5.8
1996	32	32	14	13	0	6	0	238	121	90	140	38	211.7	5.14	1.550	5.95	5.71	112.4	98.6	1.9
1997	35	29	12	15	0	4	2	193	95	87	151	24	201.3	4.25	1.391	6.75	4.73	102.1	109.1	2.8
1998	36	33	17	8	0	2	0	211	110	79	146	30	216.0	4.58	1.343	6.08	4.97	106.0	102.2	2.4
1999	49	17	6	11	15	0	0	146	79	72	104	19	140.0	5.08	1.557	6.69	5.13	104.8	96.4	1.1
2000	51	17	6	10	0	0	0	170	97	65	102	31	159.3	5.48	1.475	5.76	5.77	114.9	91.7	0.8
2001	45	17	9	12	3	0	0	156	73	73	148	13	168.7	3.90	1.358	7.90	3.96	88.2	115.4	2.8
2002	45	15	11	5	3	0	0	121	51	51	134	15	163.3	2.81	1.053	7.38	3.72	81.4	162.4	4.7
2003	35	33	11	7	1	0	0	193	92	71	169	23	202.3	4.09	1.305	7.52	4.13	88.8	113.7	3.2
2004	32	30	12	10	0	0	0	197	102	63	116	29	188.3	4.87	1.381	5.54	5.19	108.6	98.0	1.7
2005	33	33	16	12	0	3	0	210	104	68	151	35	225.3	4.15	1.234	6.03	4.78	107.2	107.4	3.1
2006	23	23	7	11	0	1	0	135	72	51	90	19	140.0	4.63	1.329	5.79	4.98	106.0	101.4	1.5
2007	31	31	17	12	0	0	0	191	100	64	110	22	189.0	4.76	1.349	5.24	4.74	101.6	98.0	1.7
2008	30	30	10	11	0	1	0	154	83	60	117	25	181.0	4.13	1.182	5.82	4.88	108.0	109.4	2.6
2009	21	21	11	5	0	2	0	137	66	50	72	12	129.7	4.58	1.442	5.00	4.62	100.9	100.1	1.3
2010	32	19	4	10	0	0	0	153	83	36	84	19	140.0	5.34	1.350	5.40	4.49	104.5	80.5	-0.3
2011	33	23	7	8	0	1	0	163	88	47	93	25	154.7	5.12	1.358	5.41	5.03	116.8	84.1	0.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

630

130

111

RBI

.1171

OBP

.1478

SLG

.1622

OPS

.3100

Pitching

G (P)

627

199th-most career G (P)

463

80th-most career GS

200

118th-most career W

180

74th-most career L

SHO

3,226

103rd-most career IP

SO (P)

2,156

73rd-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

1,205

51st-most career BB allowed

ERA

4.413

WHIP

1.3504

K/9

6.01

375th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1993-07-07	PIT @ HOU Gameday	2	1	1	0	1	1	4
1993-04-06	SD @ PIT Gameday	4	0	2	1	0	1	3
1993-05-15	PIT @ CHC Gameday	2	0	1	1	0	1	2
2005-06-12	BOS @ CHC Gameday	4	1	1	0	0	1	1
1992-08-10	PIT @ NYM Gameday	3	0	1	0	0	0	1

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2005-09-11	BOS @ NYY Gameday	8.0	3	1	1	1	12	1
2005-08-07	BOS @ MIN Gameday	8.0	6	4	2	1	11	0
1992-07-31	STL @ PIT Gameday	9.0	6	2	0	5	10	0
1996-08-10	BOS @ MIL Gameday	9.0	8	2	2	1	10	1
1997-06-05	BOS @ MIL Gameday	8.2	7	1	0	7	10	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.